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Barron, John A; Larsen, Birger; Baldauf, Jack G (1991): Glacial sedimentation in ODP Leg 119 samples [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.758078, Supplement to: Barron, JA et al. (1991): Evidence for late Eocene to early Oligocene Antarctic glaciation and observations on late Neogene glacial history of Antarctica: results from Leg 119. In: Barron, J; Larsen, B; et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 119, 869-891, https://doi.org/10.2973/odp.proc.sr.119.194.1991

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Abstract:
Although scientific evidence prior to that from ODP Leg 119 indicates the presence of an ice sheet on East Antarctica by at least the earliest Oligocene, the question as to the size and stability of that initial ice sheet is still contested. Current hypotheses include (1) the presence of a small ice sheet in the earliest Oligocene with stepwise growth during the Neogene, (2) the presence of a continental-sized ice sheet in the late middle Eocene with no major evidence of subsequent deglaciation, and (3) the presence of glacial ice in the earliest Oligocene with a major ice sheet during the mid-Oligocene, followed by growth and decay of several ice sheets with characteristics similar to the temperate ice sheets of the Pleistocene of North America but with changes over a longer time scale (millions of years vs. 100,000 yr).
Principal results from Leg 119 suggest the presence of significant late middle and late Eocene glaciation in East Antarctica and the presence of a continental-size ice sheet in East Antarctica during the earliest Oligocene. Although the Leg 119 results provide only glimpses of the Neogene glacial history of East Antarctica, they do provide evidence of fluctuations in the extent of the ice sheet and the waxing and waning of glaciers across the Prydz Bay shelf during the later part of the late Miocene and Pliocene.
Project(s):
Ocean Drilling Program (ODP)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -64.766550 * Median Longitude: 75.956323 * South-bound Latitude: -67.553000 * West-bound Longitude: 73.032400 * North-bound Latitude: -50.228000 * East-bound Longitude: 82.787800
Date/Time Start: 1987-12-30T04:30:00 * Date/Time End: 1988-02-07T06:30:00
Event(s):
119-737A * Latitude: -50.228000 * Longitude: 73.032400 * Date/Time Start: 1987-12-30T04:30:00 * Date/Time End: 1987-12-31T17:15:00 * Elevation: -575.0 m * Penetration: 273.2 m * Recovery: 181.64 m * Location: Indian Ocean * Campaign: Leg119 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 29 cores; 273.2 m cored; 0 m drilled; 66.5 % recovery
119-737B * Latitude: -50.228000 * Longitude: 73.032400 * Date/Time Start: 1987-12-31T17:15:00 * Date/Time End: 1988-01-04T09:30:00 * Elevation: -575.0 m * Penetration: 715.5 m * Recovery: 298.35 m * Location: Indian Ocean * Campaign: Leg119 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 50 cores; 481.3 m cored; 0 m drilled; 62 % recovery
119-738B * Latitude: -62.709000 * Longitude: 82.787800 * Date/Time Start: 1988-01-10T16:30:00 * Date/Time End: 1988-01-11T18:45:00 * Elevation: -2263.0 m * Penetration: 214.3 m * Recovery: 170.85 m * Location: Indian Ocean * Campaign: Leg119 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 24 cores; 214.3 m cored; 0 m drilled; 79.7 % recovery
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  1. Barron, JA; Larsen, B; Baldauf, JG (1991): (Table 2) Lithologic units cored at ODP Site 119-739. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.758074
  2. Barron, JA; Larsen, B; Baldauf, JG (1991): (Table 3) Lithologic units cored at ODP Hole 119-742A. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.758075
  3. Barron, JA; Larsen, B; Baldauf, JG (1991): (Table 5) Hiatuses in ODP Leg 119 sections. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.758077
  4. Barron, JA; Larsen, B; Baldauf, JG (1991): (Table 4) Paleogene glacial units in Prydz Bay. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.758076